![]() ![]() The 20 minkhound packs kill somewhere between 400 - 1,400 mink a season. There are some 24 registered hare coursing clubs, which kill about 250 hares a year in total. There are about a hundred registered packs of hounds (beagles, bassets and harriers) which hunt hares. They kill about 160 red deer a year in total, excluding injured deer which they dispatch. There are three registered staghound packs in the Devon and Somerset area. ![]() ![]() Many more foxes are dug out and shot or are killed by people using lurchers or other 'long dogs'. There are about 200 registered packs of hounds in England and Wales which are estimated to kill some 21,000-25,000 foxes a year. The facts below are taken from the Burns Report into Hunting with Dogs (2000): Foxes Hunting has been a major sport in the UK. Most debate in the UK about hunting concerns hunting with dogs.
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